1st Edition

Cross-disciplinary STEM Learning for Asian Primary Students Design, Practices, and Outcomes

Edited By Winnie Wing Mui So, Zhi Hong Wan, Tian Luo Copyright 2024
276 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Given the importance of student learning in the various types and integration of STEM education, this book provides a landscape of cross-disciplinary STEM learning in Asian primary schools, and a systematic overview of design, practices, and outcomes of STEM learning implementation. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has continued to attract attention worldwide, and there... Read more

1. Preface – Cross-disciplinary STEM Learning for Asian Primary Students: Achievements and Challenges

Winnie Wing Mui So, Zhi Hong Wan and Tian Luo

Part I: A Theoretical Perspective on STEM Education in Asian primary schools

2. Policies and Practices of Cross-disciplinary School STEM Education in Asia: An Overview

Zhi Hong Wan, Winnie Wing Mui So, Daoqing Xie and Tian Luo

3. Scaffolds for Educators for Designing STEM Activities: A Review of the Frameworks in STEM Education in Asia

Tian Luo, Yingying Zhou, Xuan Huang, Winnie Wing Mui So, Zhi Hong Wan and Qi Huang

Part II: Inquiry-based STEM Learning

4. The 5E Pedagogical Approach in Integrated STEM Learning

Pey Tee Emily Oon, Chi Fong Wan and Yan Long Lin

5. Building Miniature Stone Walls in Museum Settings: An Effective Cross-disciplinary STEM Activity in an Informal Learning Environment

Shoko Sakata and Yoshisuke Kumano

Part III: Design-oriented STEM learning

6. Design-based STEM-BCG Learning for Sustainable Development: Design, Practices, and Outcomes

Chatree Faikhamta, Siroj Srisarakorn and Naphat Suknarusaithagul

7. Integrating Epistemic Practices of Engineering into Education

Gultekin Cakmakci

8. Environment-centred STEM Learning for Primary Students: School-STEM Professional Collaboration

Qianwen He, Winnie Wing Mui So, Yiu Fai Tsang and Zhi Hong Wan

Part IV: Technology-enhanced STEM learning

9. Pedagogical Design of STEM Activities for Developing Problem-Solving Skills and Digital Creativity of Primary Students in the Internet of Things Era: Six-Step STEM Pedagogy

Siu-Cheung Kong

10. The Innovative Use of Smartphones for STEM Practical Activities: A Pilot Implementation for a Malaysian Primary School

Siew Wei Tho, Wei Wei Chu and Thai Kuan Fong

Part V: Practices in cross-disciplinary STEM learning

11. STEM Education for Primary Schools: A Topic Modelling Study of STEM Applied Learning Programme Websites in Singapore

Eunjeong Yun, Yann Shiou Ong and Yew-Jin Lee

12. The Impact of Two Teaching Behaviours on Primary School Students’ STEM Learning Performance and Flow Experience

Shaona Zhou, Chuyu Ou, Shaorui Xu and Chuting Lu

13. Perceptions of STEM Education of Teachers from Taiwan: Identifying Factors Influencing Commitment to STEM Teaching

Jen-Yi Wu, Ying-Shao Hsu, Hsin-Kai Wu, Kai-Lin Yang, Kuen-Yi Lin and Yi-Fen Yeh

14. Taking the Lead in STEM: A Case Study of a Singapore Primary Science Teacher's Attempt at STEM

Tang Wee Teo, Aik Ling Tan, Li Mei Johannah Soo and Timothy Ter Ming Tan

Biography

Winnie Wing Mui So is a Professor in the Department of Science & Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.

Zhi Hong Wan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong.

Tian Luo is an Assistant Professor in the College of Teacher Education at Capital Normal University, China.